17 Bible Verses about Physical Labour

The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."

"Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwelling places.

Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might,for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,

Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?

I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what gain is there to him who toils for the wind?

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.

Behold, is it not from the LORD of hosts that peoples labor merely for fire, and nations weary themselves for nothing?

Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal."